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Newspaper
Cloncurry Advocate
Location
Cloncurry, Queensland, Australia
Date
Jan 30, 1948
Page
1
Local notices warn trespassers to stay off private lands at Mindie and Evan Dean with threats of prosecution. The article then shifts to a detailed account of Han Van Meegeren's Vermeer forgeries and the lasting impact on the art world including sales and expert assessments.
A fragmented account describes an individual who audited architecture and art during gap years, later elected chairman of an Art Clerir. He studied Vermeer's works in Dutch and foreign museums, learned his style, and even prepared his own paints to imitate an old master. In 1834 he painted over an old canvas secretly, calling it Ammans rangers, and subjected the canvas to rough treatment to evoke antiquity.
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